#51167F#51167F

#51167F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.162 H 304.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51167F
RGB	rgb(81, 22, 127)
HSL	hsl(274, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(274, 83%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.2%, 82.7%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.19, 45.64, -46.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.19, 65.46, 314.21°)
OKLab	oklab(35.87% 0.092 -0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(35.87% 0.162 304.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.5101, 3.8555, 20.4231)
Luminance	0.0386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.87

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51167F #447F16

analogous

#1C167F #51167F #7F1679

triadic

#51167F #7F5116 #167F51

tetradic

#51167F #7F1C16 #447F16 #16797F

square

#51167F #7F1C16 #447F16 #16797F

split-complementary

#51167F #797F16 #167F1C

monochromatic

#11051A #300D4B #51167F #721FB3 #9234DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.86

#51167F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#51167F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51167F

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51167F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51167F	1.00	11.86	1.77	11.86
#FFFFFF	11.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003682

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00377D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48324B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51167f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 22, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.162 304.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875ca5',
    500: '#51167f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51167f;
$custom-light: #875ca5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51167f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.714,
    "s": 70.47,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35867,
    "c": 0.16238,
    "h": 304.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51167F

secondary

#71B43D

accent

#ED3B89

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51167F

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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